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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A 

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) or (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

ARK ETF Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

State of Delaware   See Below

(State of incorporation

or organization)

 

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

c/o ARK Investment Management LLC

1865 Broadway, Suite 1100

New York, NY 10023

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to be Registered

  Exchange  

I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number

ARK Genomic Revolution ETF,

no par value per share

  NYSE Arca, Inc.   47-1147809

ARK Industrial Innovation ETF,

no par value per share

  NYSE Arca, Inc.   47-1150768

ARK Web x.0 ETF,

no par value per share

  NYSE Arca, Inc.   47-1150706

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  ¨

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-191019

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act: None.


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

 
 

 

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

A description of the shares of beneficial interest, no par value per share, of each of the ARK Genomic Revolution ETF, the ARK Industrial Innovation ETF and the Ark Web x.0 ETF, each a series of ARK ETF Trust (the “Trust”) to be registered hereunder, is set forth in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A (Commission File Nos. 333-191019; 811-22883) filed on March 31, 2014, which description is incorporated herein by reference as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any form of amendment or supplement to the registration statement that is subsequently filed is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

The Trust’s Certificate of Trust is included as Exhibit (a)(1) to the Trust’s initial Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File No. 333-183155), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2013.

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, as of this 29th day of August, 2014.

 

  ARK ETF TRUST
     
  By: /s/ Jane A. Kanter
  Name: Jane A. Kanter
  Title: Secretary